Caroline Coomber School of Dance

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Billy Morrison passed away

—  8 May 2020  —  I have some very sad news to give you today: Billy Morrison, one of our wonderful dancers, passed away this morning. I know this will be a shock to many of you as he was so young and such a popular fixture of our Dance School for many years.

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Special award for John Cunningham

—  17 February 2020  —  At the recent Highland Gathering of the UKA, John Cunningham, my dance teacher from when I was 10 years old, was presented with a very special award. It was a complete surprise to John and a very special moment for us all with a few tears.

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Our first UKA Social Star Award Dancers

—  20 January 2020  —  Congratulations to all the fantastic dancers who went through their UKA Medal Tests on Saturday 18 January. Everything about the weekend was so well supported including the Workshops and the Social Dance. We also had the premiere of a new Award now available to Beginners: the Social Star award.

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New Awards at Medal Tests on Saturday 18 January

—  7 January 2020  —  Wishing you all a Happy New Year and lots of dancing in 2020. It’s less than two weeks until our Medal Test weekend. Last week I spoke to Joan Martin, our examiner, and she is really looking forward to visiting us again. Also, I’m introducing two new Awards.

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Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a year of good health, happiness and dancing in 2020

—  16 December 2019  —  A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our fantastic Christmas Dance on Sunday 15 December. I’m sure you’ll all agree that our demonstration couple, Tibor Poc and Hilary Mouat, were just superb and gave us an amazing Ten Dance show.

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Inverness Social Dance afternoon great success

—  27 May 2019  —  Thank you to all of you who attended the Social Dance on Sunday 26 May at Green Hall, Smithton. It was the first time we have ever held a social dance afternoon in Inverness and I feel it was a big success.

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Raffle proceeds going to Diabetes UK

—  15 March 2019  —  At our 2018 Christmas party we raised £160. Donnie, our wonderful hallkeeper at Green Hall Inverness, sadly lost his wife to lymphoma just after Christmas. Steve and I decided to give the £160 to Donnie for him to donate to Lymphoma Action in order to help future patients.

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Wishing you a wonderful Christmas &
A happy, healthy and prosperous New Year

—  24 December 2018  —  Thank you so much for all your support in 2018. We have had another successful year of busy classes, and also a busy year with regard to Competitions: well done to our competitors, you all did us proud at these events. And there's a lot to look forward to in 2019.

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Raffle proceeds going to Diabetes UK

—  11 June 2018  —  At our recent Sunday afternoon Dance we collected £110, which I have donated to a local young man called Douglas Nevins who is raising money for Diabetes UK. On 14 September he will be cycling from London to Paris in 24 hours.

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Weekend with Michael and Lauren a huge success

—  9 April 2018  —  Our demonstration couple for 2018 were Michael Hemera and Lauren McFarlane Hemera. On Saturday 7 April at Lossiemouth Town Hall they performed a five-Dance Latin Show for us, and they also presented Medals and Certificates to those who did their exams in September 2017. On Sunday morning they lead a couple of Latin workshops.

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Christmas raffle proceeds going to MND Scotland

—  23 February 2018  —  At our 2017 Christmas party raffle we made £180. Thank you so much to you all. I have taken my time, and have now decided to donate £200 to MND Scotland who are an amazing support to those who have Motor Neurone Disease and to their families.

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Wishing you all a fantastic Christmas and a wonderful 2018

—  20 December 2017  —  Thank you to all of you who have supported me throughout 2017. If I didn’t have your help and enthusiasm we wouldn’t have a Dance School. I am so proud of how welcoming and friendly our classes are and that is a credit to those of you who attend. Thanks especially to those of you who go the extra mile for me.

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Fabulous Medal Tests Weekend

—  2 October 2017  —  We had this year's Medal Tests on 29 and 30 September, and now they are over, I can think straight again! What a fabulous weekend it was. Joan Martin, our examiner, was just amazing and gave us so much of her time during her stay: a mixture of Medal Tests, Workshops, private lessons, and time spent with me giving me advice on what we need to work on most.

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Amazing weekend with Richard Still & Morgan Hemphill

—  24 April 2017  —  I’m slowly coming back down to earth after an amazing weekend with Richard Still and Morgan Hemphill, our 15-times UK Professional Ten Dance Champions, GB European and Worlds Represesentatives. Their Eight-Dance demonstration on Friday evening 21 April was out of this world, and on Saturday morning 22 April they superbly taught us a beautiful Foxtrot.

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